Category: Rescue Animals
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“Brother, hug me for a moment,” one whispered with weary eyes—and in that embrace, two lion hearts found strength in shared sorrow.
Lion Siblings Cling Together During Rescue From War-Torn Gaza Mona and Max became minor celebrities earlier this year when a Gaza resident purchased the 2-month-old cubs from Gaza’s Rafah Zoo, which had been damaged by airstrikes and was financially struggling. Animal welfare group Four Paws quickly noticed the situation was untenable. Raising lion cubs is…
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Starving and weak, the mother held on—while her baby clung to her with tiny arms, unaware she was giving everything just to keep him alive.
The roughly 20-year-old orangutan, who was later named Mama Nam, was a victim of the recent spate of fires sweeping through the jungles of Borneo. When Mama Nam’s forest burned down, she lost her home as well as her source of food. But she wasn’t about to give up on the little orange bundle who…
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Starving in rusted cages, their ribs like shadows and eyes fading, the lions waited—unseen cries lost in a world that reacted too late.
At an impoverished, forlorn zoo in Sudan’s capital, the park’s few remaining lions are starving in rusted cages — their ribs protruding, eyes glassy and skin flaccid, desperate for food and water. The unsettling images, shared on social media by a local animal rights advocate, drew impassioned responses from thousands around the world. But it…
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“C’mon baby, you can do it!” they cheered, as the starving elephant took a shaky step—finding hope in voices that finally cared.
This is not about keeping this baby elephant captive, and it’s about keeping them safe and taking care of this baby elephant until it recovers from the current state and its relevant herd is found. These baby elephants cannot rejoin any other herds it is an outsider to. In Sri Lanka, so many baby elephants…
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After 8 years in chains, the rescued lions nuzzled close—whispering “I love you forever” with every touch, their bond unbroken in freedom.
The story takes a hopeful turn as rescuers arrive on the scene, poised to change the course of these majestic creatures’ lives. In the following account, we delve into the challenges faced by the lions, the efforts of the dedicated rescuers, and the promising prospects that lie ahead for these long-suffering animals. For eight years,…
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“Oh poor baby,” he whispered, gently freeing the tiny creature from hardened foam—his hands shaking with compassion, his heart breaking with care.
This article is about the heartwarming story of a construction worker turned wildlife hero as he rescues a family of squirrels from a construction site. In the realm of construction sites, where meticulous attention is paid to every detail, contractors often find themselves donning multiple hats—from material assembly to wildlife monitoring. If a safety hazard…
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Her ankle shattered from years of logging, the elephant limped in silence—each step a painful echo of a life stolen by cruelty.
In the quiet corners of a remote village in Southeast Asia, an aging elephant named Mae Suriya struggles to walk. Her once-mighty legs, pillars of strength in her prime, now tremble beneath the weight of an old wound—a broken ankle suffered during a brutal logging accident many years ago. While the world moves forward, Mae…
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Their tiny trunks quivered as they touched her—each gentle stroke a tearful goodbye, wrapped in love too pure to understand the pain.
Nalakite was everything to her three calves. Not only had the elephant matriarch given birth to them, but she’d raised them and guided them through life. So when Nalakite became terminally ill, her children were understandably distressed. The rangers, who work for Elephant Aware Masai Mara, an organization that monitors and protects elephants in the…
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“Your baby’s here,” they whispered, and the mama sloth reached out trembling—her eyes filling with tears as love found its way home.
Costa Rica’s Jaguar Rescue Center made sure to get a baby sloth back to its mother using a tested technique the wildlife center created Rescuers reunited a baby sloth with its mother after the little animal accidentally ended up on the ground. On May 10, a baby three-toed sloth accidentally became separated from its mother…
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“Stay strong, don’t lose hope”—the grieving penguins leaned on each other, their silent embrace a fragile balm for hearts broken by loss.
Photographs of two widowed penguins comforting each other have warmed social media users hearts amid the coronavirus pandemic. The adorable pictures, shared on Instagram, touched the heart of Tobias’s followers and others, who were left ‘crying’ at the shots. Tobias Baumgaertner explained he spent three nights with a Fairy Penguins colony in Melbourne to capture…